Krystyna Hołuj-Radzikowska

Krystyna Radzikowska

Krystyna Hołuj-Radzikowska (5 February 1931, Lwów – 29 November 2006) was a Polish chess Woman Grandmaster (WGM). She was nine-time Polish Women's Champion (1951, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1966, and 1969).^[1] She was awarded the Woman International Master (WIM) title in 1955 and the WGM title in 1984.

Hołuj-Radzikowska tied for 15–16th at the Moscow 1955 Candidates Tournament which was won by Olga Rubtsova. She tied for 7–8th at the Ohrid 1971 Candidates Tournament won by Nana Alexandria.^[2]

She played for Poland five times in the Women's Chess Olympiads:

• in 1957, at 1st board in the 1st Women's Chess Olympiad in Emmen, the Netherlands (+9 −2 =0);
• in 1963, at 2nd board in the 2nd Women's Chess Olympiad in Split (+2 −4 =2);
• in 1966, at 1st board in the 3rd Women's Chess Olympiad in Oberhausen (+3 −6 =2);
• in 1969, at 1st board in the 4th Women's Chess Olympiad in Lublin (+3 −3 =4);
• in 1972, at 1st board in the 5th Women's Chess Olympiad in Skopje (+5 −1 =3).

Hołuj-Radzikowska won the individual gold medal on board one in Emmen 1957.^[3]

References

1. Litmanowicz, Władysław; Giżycki, Jerzy (1987) [1986]. Szachy od A do Z. Wydawnictwo Sport i Turystyka Warszawa. ISBN 83-217-2481-7 (1. A-M), ISBN 83-217-2745-X (2. N-Z).
2. Women's World Chess Championship - Index of players. Mark Weeks.
3. Women's Chess Olympiads: Krystyna Radzikowska. OlimpBase.

External links

• Krystyna Radzikowska chess games at 365Chess.com
• Krystyna Radzikowska player profile and games at Chessgames.com
• "Interview with Krystyna Radzikowska" (in Polish). Archived from the original on 2012-03-02. Retrieved 30 January 2016.